Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 288 305
Rank change year-on-year +33 +17 -109
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 520 563 508
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.98% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.10% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 239 282 359
10th Percentile £41,075 £42,608 £44,912
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,554 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -2.24%
75th Percentile £88,125 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,000 £96,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,108 £66,375
% change year-on-year -2.51% -3.42% +10.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,869 51,114 45,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.21% 89.15% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28,622 26,047 34,927
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,952 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.00% +4.76% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 465 £70,000 +3.70% 223
London +94 251 £80,000 +1.59% 61
UK excluding London -26 217 £62,500 -2.51% 199
Work from Home +36 165 £71,000 +9.23% 120
South East +5 71 £62,500 -3.85% 68
North of England +11 51 £75,000 +11.11% 35
Midlands -21 41 £62,250 -2.35% 36
West Midlands +1 27 £57,468 -11.59% 22
Yorkshire +9 26 £82,500 +26.92% 13
North West +14 24 £68,750 -1.79% 19
East of England +38 22 £72,000 -0.69% 21
South West -19 16 £62,500 +16.28% 24
Northern Ireland +7 12 £75,000 +26.20% 1
East Midlands -22 12 £80,000 +33.33% 13
Wales +4 4 £53,750 -16.16% 3
Scotland -7 3 £42,000 -29.33% 13
North East -4 1 - - 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.27%) Confluence
2 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.38%) CICS
3 2 (0.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.77%) Trello
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (3.27%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.77%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (15.00%) SaaS
2 67 (12.88%) Azure
3 51 (9.81%) AWS
4 32 (6.15%) GCP
5 22 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.04%) PaaS
7 18 (3.46%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.69%) GitHub
8 14 (2.69%) Vertex AI
9 13 (2.50%) H2O.ai
9 13 (2.50%) OpenShift
10 12 (2.31%) Azure AI
11 8 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 3 (0.58%) Collibra
14 3 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.58%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
15 2 (0.38%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.54%) Broadband
1 8 (1.54%) HTTP
1 8 (1.54%) SD-WAN
1 8 (1.54%) WAN
2 7 (1.35%) LAN
3 6 (1.15%) 5G
3 6 (1.15%) RTP
3 6 (1.15%) Wireless
4 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.77%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.77%) PSTN
6 2 (0.38%) ATM
6 2 (0.38%) GPRS
6 2 (0.38%) LTE
6 2 (0.38%) Modbus
6 2 (0.38%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) 4G
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.85%) Metadata
2 16 (3.08%) Power BI
3 14 (2.69%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.69%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.54%) RDBMS
6 7 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.15%) SAP BW
7 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.96%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.96%) Tableau
9 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.38%) DB2
12 1 (0.19%) Big Data
12 1 (0.19%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 34 (6.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.77%) ERwin
4 3 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Jaeger
General
1 205 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 182 (35.00%) Finance
3 114 (21.92%) Marketing
4 104 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (10.00%) Legal
6 47 (9.04%) Law
7 44 (8.46%) Banking
8 35 (6.73%) Retail
9 33 (6.35%) Financial Institution
10 32 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (5.96%) Manufacturing
12 26 (5.00%) Public Sector
13 25 (4.81%) Electronics
14 21 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (3.85%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.69%) Digital Economy
16 14 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (2.50%) Billing
18 11 (2.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (28.65%) Product Manager
2 66 (12.69%) Lead
3 63 (12.12%) Senior
4 29 (5.58%) Senior Manager
5 25 (4.81%) Product Owner
6 21 (4.04%) Product Lead
6 21 (4.04%) Senior Product Manager
7 19 (3.65%) Product Management Director
8 18 (3.46%) Security Engineer
9 16 (3.08%) Architect
10 15 (2.88%) Developer
10 15 (2.88%) Digital Product Manager
11 14 (2.69%) Change Manager
11 14 (2.69%) Technical Support
12 13 (2.50%) Product Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.12%) Head of Product Management
14 9 (1.73%) Development Manager
14 9 (1.73%) Head of Digital
14 9 (1.73%) Python Developer
15 8 (1.54%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.85%) REST
2 17 (3.27%) YAML
3 13 (2.50%) Keras
3 13 (2.50%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.50%) TensorFlow
4 8 (1.54%) Flask
5 7 (1.35%) .NET
5 7 (1.35%) EDI
5 7 (1.35%) FastAPI
6 6 (1.15%) Node.js
7 5 (0.96%) React
8 4 (0.77%) JSON
8 4 (0.77%) OAuth
8 4 (0.77%) SAML
8 4 (0.77%) SOAP
8 4 (0.77%) XML
9 3 (0.58%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.58%) Vue
10 2 (0.38%) Spring
10 2 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 81 (15.58%) Product Ownership
2 55 (10.58%) Onboarding
3 35 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.46%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.27%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.88%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.73%) IoT
10 9 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.73%) Social Media
11 8 (1.54%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (1.35%) Tandem
12 7 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.15%) Windows
2 4 (0.77%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.38%) zOS
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (46.73%) Roadmaps
2 206 (39.62%) Agile
3 125 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (23.65%) Product Roadmap
5 118 (22.69%) Product Strategy
6 103 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (16.54%) User Experience
9 84 (16.15%) AI
10 80 (15.38%) Analytics
11 71 (13.65%) Computer Science
12 67 (12.88%) B2B
12 67 (12.88%) Information Security
13 66 (12.69%) Mentoring
14 62 (11.92%) Decision-Making
14 62 (11.92%) Product Vision
15 58 (11.15%) Coaching
16 57 (10.96%) User Stories
16 57 (10.96%) Value Proposition
17 55 (10.58%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.88%) SQL
2 34 (6.54%) Python
3 20 (3.85%) Java
4 17 (3.27%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.15%) C#
6 5 (0.96%) Go
7 3 (0.58%) C++
8 2 (0.38%) Bash
8 2 (0.38%) COBOL
8 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.38%) JCL
8 2 (0.38%) PHP
8 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.38%) Scala
8 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.19%) Groovy
9 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.19%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 125 (24.04%) Degree
2 58 (11.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 32 (6.15%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.73%) MBA
7 8 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.54%) PMP
8 7 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.96%) CISSP
9 5 (0.96%) CSPO
10 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.77%) CISM
10 4 (0.77%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CITP
11 3 (0.58%) HNC
11 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) Dell Certification
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.15%) QA
2 27 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.23%) NIST
4 20 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.46%) NCSC
6 15 (2.88%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.15%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.96%) IFRS
8 5 (0.96%) PMO
8 5 (0.96%) SLA
9 4 (0.77%) GDPR
9 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.77%) SEPA
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.58%) PSD2
11 2 (0.38%) COREP
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.38%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 11 (2.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.96%) vSphere
3 3 (0.58%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.92%) Terraform
3 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.38%) WSUS
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Argo
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (11.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.35%) Google
3 20 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.46%) Databricks
4 18 (3.46%) Foundry
5 15 (2.88%) Dell
6 14 (2.69%) SAP
7 13 (2.50%) NVIDIA
8 6 (1.15%) Zoho
9 5 (0.96%) Adobe
9 5 (0.96%) Manugistics
9 5 (0.96%) VMware
10 4 (0.77%) Sage
11 3 (0.58%) Apple
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco
11 3 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle
11 3 (0.58%) Tenable
11 3 (0.58%) YouTube
12 2 (0.38%) Juniper